09/07/2026
👋 MEET & GREET Leroy Berger
Join us on Thursday 16 July from 17.00 to 19.00 at the airWG studio to learn more about the practice and research of artist-in-residence Leroy Berger.
During his residency at airWG, Leroy will develop ‘Eenige woorden van de Jakutsche Spraek’, an iteration of Berger’s research on ‘Noord en Oost Tartarye’, a book by the Dutch statesman and mayor of Amsterdam Nicolaes Witsen. The book is regarded as the first attempt to record many languages from North and Central Asia, including Sakha language, in written form. The Sakha record consists of two pages containing words in Sakha with Dutch translations for body parts, numbers and a Christian prayer. Berger, who grew up hearing Sakha language but never speaking it, aims to examine the content of these pages critically while reimagining this occurrence as a monument, connecting it to his experience as an immigrant living in the Netherlands.
🗓️ Thursday 16 July, 17:00-19:00
📍airWG studio, M.v.B. Bastiaansestraat 37, Amsterdam